The Magà bee
Original title: Konchu monogatari - Minashigo Hutch Characters: Magà, Maya, Queen Bee, Aunt Production: Kenji Yoshida / Tatsunoko Regia: Seitaro Hara, Ippei Kuri, Hisayuki Toriumi, Hideo Nishimaki, Yugo Serikawa, Yoshiyuki Tomino | Country: Japan Year: 1970 Gender: Adventure Episodes: 91 Duration: 24 minutes Recommended age: Children from 0 to 6 years old |
The cartoon series of "The Magà bee"(original title" Konchu Monogatari Minashigo Hutch ") composed of 91 episodes, was made in 1970 by the Japanese animation studios of Tatsunoko, in order to teach children the courage to fight against the harsh adversities of life. The cartoon is didactic. , as he manages to explain the world of insects very well, but always conveys a sense of sadness, due to his moving plots. Currently the cartoons of the bee Magà are
broadcast on Italy 1 from 12 October on Monday to Friday to 8,25 with the title "A hive of adventures for the Magà bee"
The story of the Magà bee begins when a majestic beehive is attacked by an army of warrior wasps, who force the Queen Bee and her army to flee and then feed on her eggs. Only a small larva egg manages to escape the massacre and is found by the Bambo Blemon bee, who guards it as if it were his egg, along with the others. The day of the eggs hatch arrives and all the little bees come out of their cells, including the Magà bee, a plump male honey bee (Hutch his original name). The welcome of the other bees towards Magà is not the best, as they immediately notice the difference that exists between them, but the mother bee treats everyone in the same way, making them feed on nectar and royal jelly. Contrary to the orders of Bambo Blemon, the curious Magà, opens the door of the hive and invites all the other bees to come out and for the first time they see the splendid landscape of flowers. The Magà bee enjoys flying from flower to flower even if his stepbrothers mock and avoid him. At one point, the group of bees is attacked by a giant praying mantis, which manages to capture one. Unlike the other bees who run away, the brave Magà goes back to defend the poor bee. The monstrous religious mandite tries to eliminate Magà with its powerful sharp paws, but Magà attracts her to thorny rose stalks and after knocking her out, forces her to flee. Magà and the little bee then return to the hive and are welcomed by the mother bee. Meanwhile, the adoptive brothers discover that Magà has been adopted and therefore there is no blood bond with them. After a fight with one of their Magà, she bursts into tears from Bambo Blemon who in turn is forced to confess the sad truth to him. At those words Magà understands that her mission is to find her real mother and during the night, after a moving goodbye with her adoptive mother, she leaves alone to carry out her difficult mission.
Thus began the many adventures of Magà who at each episode will meet a new character and insect that will make us discover the fascinating mystery of this microcosm, such as that of butterflies, ants, beetles, hornets, etc. in the mornings the Magà bee has breakfast with the nectar of the flowers and one day, while looking for water from the river to quench its thirst, it encounters a small larva sailing in a leaf. The small larva, called Petunia, immediately becomes attached to Magà and follows him everywhere, but at a certain point the beetle grandfather arrives, who takes her back. However, he is attacked by a group of hooligan beetles, who beat him and mock him, but is defended by the brave Magà bee who, armed with a sting, puts his opponents to flight. Subsequently, the army of scarabs arrives and orders the old man to let go of the small larva, as it does not belong to their species, but the old man does not fit and the scarabs do everything to make his life impossible, destroying the field of flowers he had cultivated with so much effort. The old man and Petunia, aided by Magà, respond to the violence with perseverance and continue to heal the destroyed plants again. At this point, the beetles tired of so much stubbornness stop harming the old beetle and its larva. Meanwhile, two butterflies arrive who recognize their lost larva in Petunia, but this one runs away disconsolately, not wanting to recognize her real parents. Even the old beetle is sad about Petunia's departure, but one day she returns transformed into a beautiful butterfly, but after a touching greeting she embraces the old beetle and leaves with her real parents in the kingdom of flowers. In another adventure we find the bee Mag who helps a group of bees threatened by a mouse who wants to invade their hive to steal the sweet honey. Magà goes to wake up a sleepy cat and takes it to chase the mouse, which in the meantime the army of bees had already driven away from their hive. At the end of his adventures the Magà bee will be able to hug his mother the Queen bee again, not before having met his little sister Mayan bee.
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